Arts Council of Oklahoma City

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
736112471
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2021
Location
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Phone
4052704848
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Arts Council/Agency

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,717,192
Expenses
$3,803,363
Assets
$3,083,103
Liabilities
$105,727

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANGELA COZBY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • GARRETT JACKSON (PRESIDENT)
  • PAUL LIENHARD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BRIAN ALFORD (PRIOR PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KIRBY BRINLEE
  • JANA BUGHER
  • CHUCK COHN

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promoting public awareness and support for the arts through our mission of bringing the arts and community together. Our free and low-cost events and programs reach nearly one million people annually.

What it reported doing in 2024

All Access Arts (AAA) reaches more than 8000 youth and seniors each year. This program consists of several projects that provide arts education for at risk and underserved communities throughout the Oklahoma City metro area. AAA is possible through numerous partnerships with community agencies and offers high quality, in depth multidisciplinary arts instruction and performance. For many participants, these programs are their only access to the arts. In addition to these projects, AAA also provides teens with productive leadership opportunities in the arts through its Teen Arts Council.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 59
  • Accountability: 42
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.3%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 82.4%; rating input score 82; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.3%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.81; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -15.7% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.3% of revenue deployed · 82.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 27 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 27 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 33 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D expense reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D revenue reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.